Annet Schaap

(b. 27 February 1965, The Netherlands)

Vaarwel (Taptoe Winterboek 1991)

Annet Schaap is a Dutch illustrator of children's books. Born in Ochten, she attended the Kampen Art Academy as well as the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague. Starting in 1988, she has illustrated books by such writers as Francine Oomen, Jacques Vriens, Mieke van Hooft, Liesbeth van der Jagt and Thea Dubelaar. In the 1990s she has drawn comics for Malmberg's magazine Taptoe and its holiday specials. For several years, she was a teacher in playwriting in Arnhem, but since 2000, she is working fulltime as an illustrator. Her comics now appear in magazines like Hoe Overleef Ik.